Natural history
By: Neil Cross
Publisher: Pocket
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9781416522799
Subjects: Animal sanctuaries; Captive wild animals; Fiction
Description: "Patrick's son Charlie has left home in disgrace. His zoologist wife Jane is on a field trip in Zaire and his daughter Jo is engrossed in her studies. So Patrick is left alone to look after the ailing Devonshire monkey sanctuary that he and Jane took on in a bid to save their marriage. Alone, that is, but for the big, panther-like cat that preys around the park, evading capture, lurking in the shadows and in the back of Patrick's mind as he tries to uncover the truth behind the murder of their oldest female primate. Patrick's fears begin to fade. But then one night something happens that is so shocking, so deplorable, that it rips apart everything he ever held to be true - and unleashes a horror he could never have imagined ..."--Jacket.
Notes: Originally published: London: Simon & Schuster, 2007.